World Family Policy Center Newsletter
* News relative to protecting the family worldwide *
Volume 3 Issue 17 - May 26,
2004
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QUOTE OF THE
DAY: “Children have
the best chance for a normal
life by living with a mother
and a father, of different genders. This
ideal
does not spring from religion
or prejudice. Common sense dictates
such. Thousands of years in a lab of innumerable cultures and faiths support
the proposition. . . . Marriage
exclusively between a man and a woman is a
violation of no one’s civil
rights. Governments have uniformly
reached
consensus on that limitation
for self-preservation reasons. Those
with
biological capabilities for
procreation warrant special status for the role
they will play in preserving
society by repopulating it with responsible
citizens[.]”
—Marianne M. Jennings, professor of legal
and ethical studies, Arizona State University
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Today’s
Contents:
A. Featured Articles:
1. Bush Renews Call for Same-sex
Marriage Ban
Related
Article:Conservatives Demand Passage of Federal Marriage
Amendment
Related Article:
Same-sex Couple Flaunts 'Open Marriage'
Related Article:
Dark Days at Disney World
2. Britain opens stem-cell bank
3. New Pro-Life Bill Addresses
Babies' Pain During Abortions
4. More Teen Girls Having Sex, Study
Shows
Related Article: Increase in STDs Among Teens Has Pro-Family
Group
Worried
B. Coming Events
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FEATURED
ARTICLES
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1. Bush Renews Call for
Same-sex Marriage Ban
Gay men, lesbians marry in
Massachusetts
From Dana Bash
CNN Washington Bureau
May 17, 2004
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As
same-sex couples began exchanging
wedding vows in
Massachusetts, President Bush on Monday reiterated
his call for a U.S.
constitutional amendment banning such marriages.
"The sacred institution
of marriage should not be redefined by a few
activist judges. All
Americans have a right to be heard in this debate,"
the president said in a
written statement.
"I called on the
Congress to pass, and to send to the states for
ratification, an amendment to
our Constitution defining and
protecting marriage as a
union of a man and a woman as husband
and wife. The need for that
amendment is still urgent, and I repeat
that call today."
To read entire article:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/17/bush.gay/index.html
Related
Article:
Conservatives
Demand Passage of Federal Marriage Amendment
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Morning Editor
May 17, 2004
(CNSNews.com) - The Christian
Coalition of America is urging the
U.S. Congress to "live
up to its responsibilities" by passing the
Federal Marriage Amendment
this summer.
In a press release, the
Christian Coalition said an amendment banning
same-sex "marriage"
is the only way to "rein in the judicial tyranny r
unning rampant in
America."
To read entire article:
http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewCulture.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200405\CUL20040517a.html
Related
Article:
Same-sex
Couple Flaunts 'Open Marriage'
Worldnetdaily.com
May 19, 2004
To read entire article:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38537
Related
Article:
Dark Days at
Disney World
by: Allan Dobras
With "Gay Days at Disney
World" and other gay-friendly events, the
theme park has become a
destination of choice for the homosexual
community. . . . Disney World would not refund any money
to
unsuspecting families who
were disturbed by what they experienced
in the park during "Gay
Days."
To read entire article:
http://www.frc.org then scroll down the Dark
Days at Disney World
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2. Britain
opens stem-cell bank
The world's first national
repository opened this week north of London,
angering anti-abortion
groups.
By Mark Rice-Oxley |
Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
LONDON – Scientists say it
could change modern medicine. Opponents
dismiss it as playing God,
the ethical equivalent of Nazi death-camp
experiments.
Stem-cell research - which
involves exploring the use of cells as possible
therapies for a range of
diseases - is nothing if not contentious, and this
week Britain moved into the
heart of the controversy by setting up the
world's first
"bank" for storing and distributing the tiny fragments of
proto-life.
To read entire article:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0521/p01s04-woeu.html
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3. New Pro-Life Bill
Addresses Babies' Pain During Abortions
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Morning Editor
May 20, 2004
(CNSNews.com) - Two
Republicans, one from the Senate and one from
the House, are introducing
what they call a "major new piece of pro-life legislation."
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.)
and Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) were
holding a press conference
Thursday morning to discuss the Unborn
Child Pain Awareness Act.
The legislation would require
abortionists ending pregnancies beyond
the 20th week to inform the
mother about the pain the unborn baby
would feel during the
abortion - and to give the mother the option of
having pain-killers
administered directly to the unborn baby.
To read entire article:
http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200405\NAT20040520a.html
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4. More Teen Girls Having
Sex, Study Shows
By Cheryl Wetzstein
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 21, 2004
Teen sexual activity has
stabilized, although more teenage girls are
saying they have had
intercourse, a federal report says.
In 2003, 46.7 percent of
teens said they had had sexual intercourse, the
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) said in its new
Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance Survey. This is statistically the
same as 2001, when 45.6
percent of teens said they had had sexual
intercourse, the CDC said.
To read entire article:
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040520-114558-8056r.htm
Related
Article:
Increase in
STDs Among Teens Has Pro-Family Group Worried
By Melanie Hunter
CNSNews.com Deputy Managing
Editor
May 25, 2004
(CNSNews.com) - Although
recent statistics show a decrease in the
number of teens having sex, a
recent study shows an increase in sexual
transmitted diseases among
teens.
A study published in
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
revealed that 18.9 million
new STD cases occurred in 2000 alone. Of
those, 9.1 million or 48
percent were among 15 to 24-year-olds.
"This increase in STDs
only confirms what we already know about
condoms - that even when used
in perfect conditions, condoms are
unreliable at best in
preventing pregnancy and the spread of sexually
transmitted diseases,"
said Focus on the Family Abstinence Policy
Manager Linda Klepacki in a
statement.
"Comprehensive sex-ed
advocates continue to withhold vital information
from our youth by assuring
them that condoms provide security from the consequences of teenage sexual
activity," she added.
http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewCulture.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200405\CUL20040525b.html
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COMING
EVENTS
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October 6 -7,
2005
The Pacific
and Asian Family Dialogue
Manila, Philippines
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November
29-30, 2004
The Doha
International Conference for the Family
Doha, Qatar
The Doha International
Conference for the Family follow upon the
celebration of the
International Year of the Family and will be a
two-day conference in Doha,
Qatar, under the patronage of Her
Highness Sheikha Mouza Bint
Nasser Al-Misnad., Consort of His
Highness The Emir of Qatar
and President of Supreme Council for
Family Affairs, State of
Qatar.
The conference represents an
international assemblage, bringing
together international VIPs,
governmental and non-governmental
organizations (NGOs),
scholars, academicians, and civil society
leaders who will be invited
by the State of Qatar to participate in
a family conference. This conference will call upon all nations of
the world to restate the
principles related to family life embodied
in the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, and to adhere to
values and endeavor to
promote the role of the family as it is the
natural and fundamental group
unit of society and is entitled to
protection by society and
state.
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Note: The preceding article
excerpts are highlights of current events and
do not necessarily represent
the views of the World Family Policy Center
or Brigham Young University.
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distributed by:
World Family Policy Center
J. Reuben Clark Law School
Brigham Young University
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Executive Director: A. Scott Loveless
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Lundberg and Gary B. Lundberg
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